ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - First Match analysis

The most awaiting World Cup 2019 has begin. Yesterday the first match between England and South Africa and England swiped the victory easily with a huge Margin.

What a fantastic performance from England players both in Batting and Bowling.

Excellent performance by Ben Stokes both in batting and bowling. He scored 89 from 79 balls and took 2 wickets by giving 12 runs by bowling 2.5 overs. Also Jofra Archer did an excellent spell by taking 3 wickets giving 27 runs in 7 overs. Good Economy rate maintained by Jofra and we have to say about the fielding part of England. What an amazing fielding  by Jason Roy.

Actually South Africa won the toss but they elected to Field. They tried really hard in their initial batting innings where De Kock really played good and as well Amla but he retired hurt. Could that be a reason for South Africa's defeat? What is your opinion? Share it in comments.

Below are the score cards link

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/8192

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - Most runs in a series in England cricket grounds

This posts talks about the most runs scored by the player in a series which held at England cricket grounds since 2017.

1. Shikar Dhawan (India) in ICC champions trophy at England in 2017, scored 338 runs by playing 5 matches with the highest score 125 with a strike rate 101.80 which includes 2 half century and a century. Balls faced 332.

2. Rohit Sharma (India) in ICC champions trophy at England in 2017, scored 304 runs by playing 5 matches with the highest score 123 with a strike rate 86.85 which includes 2 half century and a century. Balls faced 350

3. J Bairstow (England) in West Indies in England ODI series at England in 2017, scored 302 runs by playing 5 matches with the highest score 141 with a strike rate 105.59 which includes 2 century. Balls faced 286.

4. Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) in ICC champions trophy at England in 2017, scored 293 runs by playing 4 matches with the highest score 128 with a strike rate 86.17 which includes 2 half century and a century. Balls faced 340.

5. JJ Roy (England) in Australia in England ODI series at England in 2018, scored 304 runs by playing 5 matches with the highest score 120 with a strike rate 118.28 which includes 1 half century and 2 century. Balls faced 257.

6. J Bairstow (England) in Australia in England ODI series at England in 2018, scored 300 runs by playing 5 matches with the highest score 139 with a strike rate 133.33 which includes 1 half century and 1 century. Balls faced 225.

7. S Marsh (Australia) in Australia in England ODI series at England in 2018, scored 288 runs by playing 5 matches with the highest score 131 with a strike rate 102.85 which includes 2 century. Balls faced 280.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - Riverside Ground Statistics

Lets talk about Ground based statistics.

We are going to talk about the ground based statistics only for the grounds where ICC cricket world cup 2019 is gonna held.

Riverside Ground in Chester-le-street is the home ground for county team Durham Cricket county team. It established in 1995.

First Wold cup match hosted here in 1999 where Pakistan played against Scotland.

Total ODI matches till now: 16
Matches won by England: 7
Matches won by Other teams: 7
Matches with no results: 2
No of matches won by team batting first: 5
No of matches won by team batting second:9
Highest ODI Innings by the Team: England (314/4) on June 21 2018 against Australia.
Lowest ODI Innings by the Team: England (99 all out) on May 25 2014 against Srilanka.
Highest ODI Individual score: 126(not out) by Mahela Jayawardane on June 2006.
Most no of runs scored by: Ian Bell scored 208 runs in 5 matches.
Best ODI Individual Bowling figures: 5/28 by Graeme Swann against Australia on Sep 2009.

Recent ODI centuries in this ground:

1. Jason Roy(England) scored 101 in 2018 against Australia and England won that match by 6 wickets.
2. Shaun Marsh (Australia) scored 101 in 2018 against England, the same match as above. England won that match by 6 wickets.
3. Aaron Finch (Australia) scored 100 in 2018 against England, the same match as above. England won that match by 6 wickets.

If we look at this match, 2 people scored century but still Australia loses. Why?  Australia won the toss and elected to Bat first. Except Finch, Marsh and Head no one played batting well. Australian bowlers on the other side gave too many runs. In England side Roy, Bairstow, Buttler played an excellent Innings. This match also proves that 2nd batting teams wins. Below is the match Highlights.

Three matches are scheduled in this World cup 2019.

SL Vs SA
SL Vs WI
ENG vs NZ

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - West Indies and Afghanistan Squad

Lets see Afghanistan and West Indies team squad in this post. Post your comments on this team selection and its strengths and weakness.


West Indies Team

JASON HOLDER CAPTAIN
FABIAN ALLEN BOWLER
CARLOS BRATHWAITE ALL-ROUNDER
DARREN BRAVO BATTER
SHELDON COTTRELL BOWLER
SHANNON GABRIEL BOWLER
CHRIS GAYLE ALL-ROUNDER
SHIMRON HETMYER BATTER
SHAI HOPE         WICKET-KEEPER
EVIN LEWIS         BATTER
ASHLEY NURSE BOWLER
NICHOLAS POORAN WICKET-KEEPER
KEMAR ROACH BOWLER
ANDRE RUSSELL ALL-ROUNDER
OSHANE THOMAS BOWLER


Afghanistan Team

GULBADIN NAIB CAPTAIN/BOWLER
AFTAB ALAM BOWLER
ASGHAR AFGHAN BATTER
DAWLAT ZADRAN BOWLER
HAMID HASSAN BOWLER
HASHMATULLAH SHAHIDI BATTER
HAZRAT ZAZAI BATTER
MOHAMMAD NABI ALL-ROUNDER
MOHAMMAD SHAHZAD WICKET-KEEPER
MUJEEB UR RAHMAN BOWLER
NAJIBULLAH ZADRAN BATTER
NOOR ALI ZADRAN BATTER
RAHMAT SHAH ALL-ROUNDER
RASHID KHAN BOWLER
SAMIULLAH SHINWARI ALL-ROUNDER

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - Bangladesh and Srilanka Squad

Lets see the Bangladesh and Srilankan squad in this post. Post your comments on this team selection and its strength and weakness.

Bangladesh Team

MASHRAFE MORTAZA CAPTAIN/BOWLER
ABU JAYED                 BOWLER
LITON DAS                 WICKET-KEEPER
MAHMUDULLAH ALL-ROUNDER
MEHEDI HASAN         ALL-ROUNDER
MOHAMMAD MITHUN BATSMAN
MOHAMMAD SAIFUDDIN ALL-ROUNDER
MOSADDEK HOSSAIN BATSMAN
MUSHFIQUR RAHIM WICKET-KEEPER
MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN BOWLER
RUBEL HOSSAIN         BOWLER
SABBIR RAHMAN BATSMAN
SHAKIB AL HASAN ALL-ROUNDER
SOUMYA SARKAR BATSMAN
TAMIM IQBAL         BATSMAN


Srilanka Team

DIMUTH KARUNARATNE CAPTAIN/BATSMAN
DHANANJAYA DE SILVA ALL-ROUNDER
NUWAN PRADEEP BOWLER
AVISHKA FERNANDO BATSMAN
SURANGA LAKMAL BOWLER
LASITH MALINGA BOWLER
ANGELO MATHEWS ALL-ROUNDER
KUSAL MENDIS         WICKET-KEEPER
JEEVAN MENDIS         ALL-ROUNDER
KUSAL PERERA         WICKET-KEEPER
THISARA PERERA ALL-ROUNDER
MILINDA SIRIWARDANA ALL-ROUNDER
LAHIRU THIRIMANNE BATSMAN
ISURU UDANA         ALL-ROUNDER
JEFFREY VANDERSAY BOWLER

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - South Africa and Pakistan Squad

In this post we will see about South Africa and Pakistan Squad.

South Africa Team

FAF DU PLESSIS CAPTAIN/BATSMAN
HASHIM AMLA BATSMAN
QUINTON DE KOCK WICKET-KEEPER
JP DUMINY         ALL-ROUNDER
IMRAN TAHIR BOWLER
AIDEN MARKRAM         BATSMAN
DAVID MILLER BATSMAN
LUNGI NGIDI BOWLER
ANRICH NORTJE BOWLER
ANDILE PHEHLUKWAYO BOWLER
DWAINE PRETORIUS BOWLER
KAGISO RABADA BOWLER
TABRAIZ SHAMSI BOWLER
DALE STEYN BOWLER
RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN BATSMAN

Pakistan Team

SARFARAZ AHMED         CAPTAIN/WICKET-KEEPER
ABID ALI         BATSMAN
BABAR AZAM BATSMAN
FAHEEM ASHRAF         ALL-ROUNDER
FAKHAR ZAMAN BATSMAN
HARIS SOHAIL BATSMAN
HASSAN ALI BOWLER
IMAD WASIM ALL-ROUNDER
IMAM-UL-HAQ BATSMAN
JUNAID KHAN BOWLER
MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ ALL-ROUNDER
MOHAMMAD HASNAIN
SHADAB KHAN ALL-ROUNDER
SHAHEEN AFRIDI BOWLER
SHOAIB MALIK BATSMAN

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Special Series - New zealand and Australia Squad

We will see the squad details of New Zealand and Australia team World cup 2019 squad details. Post your comments about the team selection and its strength and weakness in comments tab.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM

KANE WILLIAMSON CAPTAIN/BATSMAN

TOM BLUNDELL         WICKET-KEEPER

TRENT BOULT          BOWLER

COLIN DE GRANDHOMME  ALL-ROUNDER

LOCKIE FERGUSON  BOWLER

MARTIN GUPTILL  BATSMAN

MATT HENRY          BOWLER

TOM LATHAM          WICKET-KEEPER

COLIN MUNRO          BATSMAN

JIMMY NEESHAM ALL-ROUNDER

HENRY NICHOLLS BATSMAN

MITCHELL SANTNER ALL-ROUNDER

ISH SODHI                 BOWLER

TIM SOUTHEE         BOWLER

ROSS TAYLOR         BATSMAN



AUSTRALIAN TEAM


AARON FINCH         CAPTAIN/BATSMAN

JASON BEHRENDORFF BOWLER

ALEX CAREY         WICKET-KEEPER

NATHAN COULTER-NILE BOWLER

PAT CUMMINS         BOWLER

USMAN KHAWAJA BATSMAN

NATHAN LYON         BOWLER

SHAUN MARSH         BATSMAN

GLENN MAXWELL ALL-ROUNDER

JHYE RICHARDSON BOWLER

STEVE SMITH         BATSMAN

MITCHELL STARC BOWLER

MARCUS STOINIS BATSMAN

DAVID WARNER         BATSMAN

ADAM ZAMPA         BOWLER